Khalid al-Mihdhar

Khalid al-Mihdhar (16 May 1975-11 September 2001) was an al-Qaeda member from Afghanistan who was one of the 9/11 hijackers.

Biography
Khalid al-Mihdhar was born on 16 May 1975 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Friends with Nawaf al-Hazmi, al-Mihdhar and al-Hazmi both fought in the Bosnian Mujahideen during the Bosnian War before being trained by al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. al-Mihdhar and Hazmi were supposed to be pilots during the 9/11 attacks, but they spoke poor English and did not do well in flight lessons. al-Mihdhar wound up being a muscle hijacker on American Airlines Flight 77, which was crashed into the Pentagon on 11 September 2001.